Chuck Hagel said...

The last government in Iraq, over the last 5 years, have actually exacerbated the effort and intentionally destroyed the...

If Congress would not agree to that request, it would be a pretty devastating message that we send to the world.

This is so unpredictable. And we've never seen anything quite like this in our lifetime, so there is no playbook here.

It is the biggest responsibility any leader has, to leave the place better than they found it, and I do not think we are...